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画本虫撰 「蝸牛 高利苅主 轡虫 貸本古喜」
Land Snail (Katatsumuri) and Giant Katydid (Kutsuwamushi), from the album Ehon mushi erami (Picture Book: Selected Insects)
画本虫撰 「蝸牛 高利苅主 轡虫 貸本古喜」
Japanese
Edo period
1788 (Tenmei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 2.5 x 32.1 cm (1 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession NumberRES.21.454
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #463.12
DescriptionVolume 2, picture 4.
Poems by Kôri Karinushi (for the land snail) and Kashihon Furuki (for the giant katydid).
The artist and publisher are identified on the final page of the album.
The complete, intact album: 2003.247.1-2, 2003.248.1-2, 2003.249.1-2, and 2008.167.1-2.
Poems by Kôri Karinushi (for the land snail) and Kashihon Furuki (for the giant katydid).
The artist and publisher are identified on the final page of the album.
The complete, intact album: 2003.247.1-2, 2003.248.1-2, 2003.249.1-2, and 2008.167.1-2.
Signed
(this page unsigned)
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